"La Dolce Vita" The Good Life winner is...

Since the webmaster is on holiday, I'm rather cheekily taking the step of closing the competition.

The winner is: Mark W. for his entry "The Good Life" sub-titled "4 Weeks".

The runner up, with just one point seperating him from the crown is GDR with his video of the Good life at a Barbeque.

I think I can comment about both the videos with my bit of knowledge about videomaking.
Both deserved their places. Mark's won by a nose because, as a lot of voters noted, it took a lot of courage to bare your soul in front of an audience. It did fit the theme (in an ironic way) and left quite a mark on those who watched it. BBQ's entry was technically super and bought out the idea of a Good Life originating from family and friends. The third place was given to an entry which got a lot of sympathy votes due to the unfortunate physical appearance of the protagonist and, in my opinion, the first two places are rightly deserved.

Rob "The Guru".

Edit: There is a prize in the offing and it'll be announced soon. The awards ceremony will take place in a telephone box just off the M4 at 3am on a date to be announced...

Well done Mark!
It was a good idea, and it's proven to have worked really well!

I really enjoyed this. It's the first time I've ever made a film for a competition, and it was great to actually have a motive when in production. Before, it's always been an idea, which is filmed, and then shown online. This gave it a meaning. So thanks for coming up with the idea. It was a good title, and I look forward to next years! You could even go for a Christmas special one. Just for fun.

There were some great entries, and I learnt an incredible amount just by watching them. So well done to everyone who entered.

I am chuffed at winning. Truth be told the film and diary I kept was all part of getting over being very unexpectedly dumped. Most of my films are either daft or in some way expoiting other people so I thought it was a golden oppertunity to exploit myself and see if a emotional time for me could be made to communicate using the medium of video.

I did think about adding a coda - the film ended at 4 weeks, it could have continued for another 12 weeks ! But I think it would have bored the audience, and that is something that must be avoided at all costs.

I dont think it would have won but for the music my friend composed for it - it really gave it the right feel.

People may be amused to hear that i am going to submit it to 4 docs. Thier guidelines say that you need to seek releases for people who 'appear' in the film - guess what, Beccy said no. Tut. We are not currently speaking....